BIRTH: 20 February 1827, Unadilla, New York
DEATH: 20 June 1912 (aged 85) Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
BURIAL: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Civil War Union brigadier general, U.S. Congressman, diplomat.
At te outbreak of the Civil War, he was a Wisconsin district attorney when commissioned a captain in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in July 1861.
He participated in numerous battles and was promoted to colonel and commanded his regiment. The 6th Wisconsin was part of the famed Iron Brigade. He led assaults on Petersburg and made a heroic advance at Fitzhugh's Crossing, where his troops crossed the Rappahannock under enemy fire and captured the Confederate works.
For this action, he was brevetted to brigadier general of U.S. volunteers in June 1864.
--Old Secesh
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